The Most Used and Abused Passwords On The Net

This list is surprising and shocking at the same time - do people honestly think these passwords are safe to use? They may be easy to remember, but in terms of being secure and difficult to crack- not so much. This list, which appeared in the May 8th edition of PC Magazine shows the 10 most commonly used online passwords, none of which surprised me. Although monkey- Am I too geeky to get this one?

some of my passwords were pretty simple back when I started using the internet (anyone remember using Juno for email?)
I'm a bit dependent on having firefox save my passwords...but sometimes it doesn't work...

This is where online password managers save the day!
They create strong passwords for you, store them in an 'online vault' and log you directly into your accounts.
I work for Passpack which as you may be guessing is - an online password manager and we are always trying to get people to realize just how important your passwords (and what they access) really are!
Choose and use a password manager-
http://passpack.com
Hope it helps!
Louise

I don't think its really that hard to come up with a mainly numerical password and throw in a few letters... especially if its connected for example: here's a seven didget password... how old you were when you got your first kiss, then the year you were born, and the first initial of your current or favorite pet... that way its conected to you with things that are easy to remember but not easy for someone else to figure out...

That's not crazy, I work with passwords every day, and my two biggest problems are people wanting to change their password to "something they can remember" (which means password or enter or letmein, but they cant' :)) or their first name or something.

HAHAHAHAHA! When my husband and I started dating we both were using Blink182 as a password! :rotfl: We didn't know it at first, but found out as things got more serious. That was over 7 years ago! (Of course, neither of us uses it now) but I can't believe it's still popular. I guess because it's letters and numbers.